Improvement in plating scales with hard rubber



F. BELS.

Rubber Plating.

No. 84,932.v v I Ptented Dec. 15, 1858.

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,2 W a mtml 'FORDYCE BEALS, HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 84,932, davt ezlA December 1'5, 1868.

IMPROVMT IN PLATING SCALES WITH HARD RUBBER, FOR THE MAUPACTURE OP CUTLERY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

The Sch edule refene to in these Letters :Patent` and making part of the same.

To whom 'it may concern Be itknown that I, FORDYUE BEALS, of New Haven,

' ing Scales with Vulcanite or Hard Rubber and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- Scription of the Same, reference being had to the vaccompanying drawings, in which-f Figure 1 is a longitudinal Section of a plated Scale, made in accordancewith my invent-ion. p p

Figure 2 is a transverse Section of the Same.

Figure 3 is a view of the metal Scale with which the rubber is united.

The Scales, which it is the object of my invention to prodnce, are' designed for pocket-cutleiy and like uses. Under my invention', vulcanizedrubber, of the kind known as hard rubber, is heated, and pressed upon a metal Scale, of the form required, andinto and through perforations made in Said vscale, So that the two materials will be united and held together Solidly and'firmly, without the aid of rivets, pins, or like devices.

To efi'eet this result, a Sheet of hard rubber or Vulcanite ia placed in a die of proper'conformation, and uponit is placed the peiforated metal Scale. The two are then subjected to heat and pressure, as will be readily understood by m anufacturers of vulcanized rubber, until the rubber is suificientlysoftened to .enter and pass through the perforations in the scale, and to take the impression and form of the die. After this, the plated Scale can be removed'from the die, and the rubber will be found to be perfectly formed and solidly united with the metal, i

The perforations iu the metal Scale may be more or fewer in number, as desired, and can be made to taper from the reverse side of the scale, so that the rubber,

when forced through, will Spread, the head of the rub- .ber pin' thus formed being upset, as it were, so as tofill the enlarged part of the perforations. It may also be desirable, at times, to roughen the face of the metal. Scale, to which' the rubber is applied, in order to allow the latter material to take hold more firmly, althou'gh this is not indispensable.

The rubber may be heated and mollified either be- Ifore or after the Scale is applied to it. In some inStanoeS, also, I make the Scale Slightly smaller than the Size required for the finished article, so that, when it is placed n the mould or die, and pre'Ssed with the rubber, the

vlatter will cover and surround'not only the face, but the edges of the metal, as shown in the drawiugs, where (a represents the Scale, and b, the vulcanite or hard rubber. Having now described my invention, and the manner in which the Same is or may be carried into effect,

What I claim, and desire to'Seciu'e by Letters Patent, is-

1. AS a new article of manufacture, a Scale, plated with hard rubber, substautially as herein Set forth.

2. The method of uniting the Vulcanite or hard-rubber plate and metal Scale, Substantially in v'the manner and for the purposes described.

In testiinony whereof,`I .have signed my name to this Specification, before two subscribing witnesses.

. FORDYCE BELS. WitneSSeS: o

JoSEPH SHELDON, J. A. W001). 

